Devon Dampier runs for 150 yards and two TDs as No. 10 Utah beats No. 14 Houston 21-13

Devon Dampier ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns, including a 9-yard score with 2:09 left, and No. 10 Utah came from 10 points down to beat No. 14 Houston 21-13 on Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah is 7-0 and 4-0 in conference play. Houston fell to 6-2.

The clinching score came one play after a turnover. With 2:15 left and Utah up 14-13, Jackson Bennee sacked Conner Weigman for an 11-yard loss and knocked the ball loose, and Jireh Moe recovered at the Houston 9, according to ESPN's play-by-play. Dampier ran it in on the next snap.

Houston controlled most of the first three quarters. Kentrell Webb intercepted Dampier in the end zone to end a 12-play Utah drive in the second quarter, and Jonathan Dimas kicked a 24-yard field goal on the next possession. Utah drove 76 yards in 34 seconds before halftime, but Dillon Curtis missed a 34-yard field goal as the half ended, and Houston went to the locker room up 3-0.

The Cougars opened the third quarter with a 15-play, 75-yard drive that took 8:14. A Koby Young touchdown catch was wiped out by an illegal motion penalty, and Makhi Hughes scored from 2 yards two plays later to make it 10-0.

Utah needed five plays to answer. Dampier went 22 yards for a touchdown with 4:25 left in the third. Dimas hit a 47-yarder to push Houston's lead back to 13-7, and Utah took its first lead early in the fourth when Wayshawn Parker ran in from 5 yards at the end of a 10-play, 80-yard drive. Parker had a touchdown catch on that drive called back for an ineligible man downfield.

Latreveon McCutchin intercepted Dampier at the Houston 34 with 8:07 left, but the Cougars went three-and-out after Moe sacked Weigman for a 10-yard loss. Houston's final drive reached 52 yards before it turned the ball over on downs.

Dampier completed 18 of 26 passes for 204 yards with two interceptions. Parker added 47 rushing yards and four catches for 46 yards. Utah ran for 226 yards at 6.5 per carry and outgained Houston 430-368.

Weigman threw for 282 yards on 19-of-35 passing, and Amare Thomas caught five passes for 133 yards, with a long of 56. Houston ran for 86 yards on 31 carries and went 0 for 2 on fourth down. Punter Liam Dougherty put all four of his punts inside the 20.

The game drew 51,864.